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The Waynesboro Generals improved to 3-2 in the ’09 season and picked up their first home win of the summer with a 6-1 rain-shortened victory over Winchester Thursday night. AFP editor and Generals general manager Chris Graham reports from Fishburne Military School Park at Kate Collins Field on the game with interviews with Waynesboro manager…
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Two Waynesboro men have been charged in the rash of church burglaries reported in March in the River City. Stephen Paul Bakaitis, 23, and Joshua Thomas Bakaitis, 21, have been charged in the March 14-19 incidents. Both will face charges of breaking and entering, grand larceny and the felony destruction of property in connection with…
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St. John’s Episcopal Church in Waynesboro is using its annual Parish Fair scheduled for Saturday, June 13, to help the hungry. Preceding the 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fair is an 8-11 a.m. event called Stop Hunger Now! where volunteers will pack 15,000 meals for hungry people around the globe. The church is asking for…
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Steve Phillips I’m not. “Who is the guy there who looks like Anderson Cooper?” my wife asked me last night as I flipped the remote to “Baseball Tonight.” I explained to her that it was Steve Phillips, the former New York Mets general manager-turned-ESPN baseball analyst. “General manager? Like you?” she asked jokingly.
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– State News: Kaine issues executive order on environmental impact of state government – Local News: Public meeting on South River study on Thursday – Sports: Free tickets for Friday’s Waynesboro-Staunton game – Local News: Flag Day at Wilson Library – Event: Valley Pride July 26
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One down, one to go. “Fifty percent plus one. That’s all we need,” said Greg Marrow, a Rockingham County optometrist and now the Democratic Party nominee in the 25th House District by virtue of his impressive showing in Tuesday’s primary contest with Augusta County resident Jim Noel.
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Winner: Creigh Deeds Captain Obvious here, eh? They tried to talk him out of running. And now he’s the nominee. Mr. Governor … Losers: Terry McAuliffe and Brian Moran Which one is the bigger loser here? Well … McAuliffe might be able to come back from this. The guy doesn’t seem to get too down…
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Waynesboro was hit by a brief but furious hailstorm Tuesday afternoon. AFP editor Chris Graham stepped outside the office to get shots of the storm and at one point almost took a direct hit from one of the falling hailstones. He survived, and filed this report. Length: :51.
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Updated: 5:30 p.m. It’s Primary Day in Virginia – with voters flocking, ahem, to the polls to select Democratic Party nominees for governor, lieutenant governor and the House of Delegates. Join the AFP Live Blog today for news updates from the polls in the Valley and Central Virginia and statewide and to share your thoughts, observations, predictions,…
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I have finally made contact with the finalist for the Waynesboro voter registrar’s job, and she is “boiling” after reading the lead article in the June New Dominion Magazine, “‘The secrecy thing’: Did ‘done deal’ appointment skirt law?,” on the behind-the-scenes maneuvering that led to another candidate getting the job.
